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Parley's Christmas Story Book; containing tales of adventure and stories about men, birds and animals. A mingling of instruction and Amusement
by Goodrich, Samuel G
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners Hard cover in original blind embossed cloth. Published Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, no date, (1835-1851) (1851 gift inscription on fly leaf.). 8vo., 5 3/4" x 6 3/4", 372pp., frontis plus numerous wood engravings, full page and within the text, in 12 sections of 31 pages each: Wanderings of Tom Starboard; Entertaining and Instructive Stories; Stories about Insects; Stories about Balloons; Stories about Curious and Wonderful Birds; Fables; Sketches of History and Customs; Sketches of the Manners of the Jews; Tales about the People of Asia: Tales about Useful Plants; Stories about Four-Footed Animals; Stories about Fruit of Various Kinds. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles and designs, colored endpapers. Cloth split along the front hinge fold, wear at the edges, first signature bit shaken, light, occasional foxing, inscription on fly leaf. Text clean and bright, binding strong and tight. Good plus, internally better. Scarce. Only 2 copies in World Cat. . Hard. Good Plus. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008543
- Title
- Parley's Christmas Story Book; containing tales of adventure and stories about men, birds and animals. A mingling of instruction and Amusement
- Author
- Goodrich, Samuel G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry F. Anners
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Edges
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